Hose supporter



'No. 749,918. I-PATENTBD' JAN. 19, 1904. J. B. O'AROLIN.

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JAMEs B. CAROLIN, OF'NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, Ass-ration- TO (JOHN, on NEW YO N. Y.

Patented January 19, I904.

PArE T OFFICE.

HOSE-SUPPORIER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent in. 749,918, dated January 19, 1904.

Application filed March 14,1901. s th No.,5l,148- (No model.)

- sey, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Hose Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear; and exactdescription of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to whichi'it appertains to make and use the same.

Ladies hose supporters are usually; .pro vided with devicesfor attaching their upper ends to the garments of the wearer above the hose. Safety-pins have been commonly employed for this purpose, and these havebeen secured to either the corset or other nether garments. Such hose-supporters have also been provided with hooks or loops adapted to engage buttons or studs oneither the. sides or My present invention relates ,to hosesup porters in which the securing devices areespecially adapted for attachment to one of the fastening devices commonlyemployed for securing corsets at their front .meeting edges;

.and my object is to provide a device which while simple in construction may be easily Operated, may be readily applied to corsetstof different kinds, will take a firm hold without injury to the corset coverings or fastenings, and will allow the corsets to be fastened or unfastened or opened without detaching the hose-supporters.-

In carryingout my inventionl provide a device one part'of which is adapted to receive or support the suspending strap or. straps of the hose-snpporterand the other. part of which is adapted to lie flat against thecovered steel at one of the, meeting edgesof the corset and to engage one of the studs or posts forming part of the corset-fastening devices. The device is also adapted to embrace the edge of that side of the corset which carries the studs and also preferably has a rear portion joined to the portion embracing the edge which lies when in place in rear of the covered steel carrying the posts. The device may be made entirely of sheet metal or for the most part of sheet metal; but if made of one piece of metal it is preferably formed with a wide lower portion having a slot through which the support- -ing strap or straps extend or to which'a pad or other such part applied to the straps is se-' ,cured. The upper part of the device in such case is formed with a front portion and a rear 1 portion, the front portion being provided with ADOLPH' a slot, recess, or other opening adapted to re =ceive a corset-stud, while the rear portion is adapted tolie behind the corset-steel, the con struction being such as to embrace the edge .of the. corset snugly when the stud is within the slot. Y

The exact form of the slot or opening is not important, so long as it is adapted to receive the corsetrfastening devices. Instead of forming the device from a single piece of sheet' metall may form the upper part in the manner above described and may attachtoits lower "end a plate'for supporting the hose-supporter straps. v

7 There are several features of my invention which are novel and useful inthemselves, and

I therefore do not wish to be understood'as limiting. my invention to the combination of allof thefeatures above'mentioned or the combination of all of the features hereinafter specifically described. 1 a a I l I will endeavor to point out in the-claims the novel features, separatelycons'idered,of the invention for which -I desire protection.

. In the accompanying drawings I have shown the best? way now known to me of applying my improvements. 1 I

- Figure 1 is a'front, elevation of a pair of hose-supporters broken away" with a clasp or attaching device applied involving my invention. and showing also the manner in which.

be of any suitable construction. My present invention does not relate to any improvements in this part of the hose-supporter. The straps A may be of any suitable material, either elastic or non-elastic. The device D which I employ for attaching the hose-supporter to a corset may be applied to many different kinds of corset. In the drawings I have shown it applied to a corset C of well-known construction, wherein the front meeting edges 0 c are provided with studs or posts 0 and slotted plates 0 engaging the studs, the plates 0 being attached to a strip of steel in the edge of one member of the corset, while the posts 0 are attached to a strip of steel in the edge of the other member of the corset, as clearly indicated. It is usual to arrange a flap c of suitable fabric in rear of the covered steel which supports the posts or studs and to carry this flap across and behind the edge of the opposite member of the corset, as indicated in Fig. 1.

My improved device, as will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 1, is adapted to embrace the covered steel which carries the posts, the rear portion of the device lying between the covered steel and the flap 0; but of course the device may be employed in connection I with corsets differently formed.

The clasp D (shown in all its details in Fig. 2) consists of an upper portion at and a lower portion d. The lower portion is preferably widened and provided with a horizontal slot r1, through which the hose-supporting strap A may be threaded. The upper portion has a flat front face adapted to lie vertically flatwise against the covered corset-steel which carries the studs or posts 0 This flatportion is provided with a suitable slotted opening (Z adapted to receive a stud. Preferably this slot is arranged both horizontally and vertically. It may be slightly inclined at the mouth, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2 in the drawings, and as there shown it ,may enter from the side and extend inwardly and upwardly.

A fastening device which constitutes my present invention comprises, essentially, a

front part D cl, adapted to lie against the front side of a corset-brisk, and in additionthereto a rear flange 01, adapted to lie against the rear side of said busk and prevent the device from moving back and forth, and also a side flange (Z connecting the front part and the rear flange and lying against the edge of the corsetbusk. In Figs. 3 and 4: this side flange is shown cut away, and hence of a length less than the length of the rear flange.

The clasp shown in Fig. 2 may be readily stamped out from sheet metal and quickly bent into the proper shape. The edges are rounded or curved, and the metal is, while sufficiently strong, preferably thin, so that it may lie beneath the slotted plate 0 as indicated in Fig. 1, so that the corset may be fastened and unfastened without disturbing the clasp.

Instead of forming the device as shown at Figs. 1 and 2 the upper portion of the device may have a hook 0; depending therefrom, and the lower portion may have formed in its upper part a slot 1 which engages with this hook, so as to unite the two parts together, and the elongated slot for the webbing may be omitted from this lower portion, and the latter may have perforations z in place of said slot, all of which are illustrated at Fig. I, and the device may be attached to any suitable pad by eyeleting through these perforations.

Instead of passing the strap A directly through the slot 0?? the strap or straps may be attached to a pad F, asshown in Fig. 3, and the pad may be attached to the slotted portion d in any suitable manner.

I preferably curlthe extreme end of the upper hook portion, so as to form a lip j, the

function of which is to engage with or strike against the plate 0 should the device be accidentally elevated or shifted sidewise, and thereby prevent said device from becoming disengaged from the corset and also serving to insure the restoration of the device to its proper position when the downward strain on the hose-supporter occurs.

A clasp constructed in the manner before described is extremely simple, while being very eflicient. It can very readily be attached to or detached from the corset. hen in place, it takes atight hold, which is not liable to be loosened while in use.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A clasp for hose-supporters comprising a front portion adapted to lie against the front of a corset-busk, a rear flange adapted to lie against the back of said busk, and a side flange uniting said front portion and rear flange.

2. A clasp for hose-supporters comprising a slotted front portion adapted to engage the stud and lie against the front of a corset-husk, a rear flange adapted to lie against the back of said busk, and a side'flange uniting said front portion and rear flange.

3. A clasp for hose-supporters having its upper portion provided with a hook adapted to connect with the stud of a corset-fastening, the extreme end of said hook being curled upwardly, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. CAROLIN. 

